A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Maryland Conservation Partnership
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:: NRCS provided technical expertise and project management to the Navy and conservation partners to restore eroding shoreline and wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay.
Contact:: Virginia (Ginger) L. Murphy
State Conservationist
USDA-NRCS
410-757-0861
ginger.murphy@md.usda.gov

Project Name:: Fort McHenry Wetland Restoration and Field Station
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:: The Aquarium worked to reconstruct this wetland creating a fully functioning marsh by promoting regular, natural tidal flooding, controlling debris accumulation, and enhancing habitat.
Website:: www.aqua.org/conservationevents_fortmchenrydays.html
Contact:: Glenn Page
Director of Conservation
National Aquarium in Baltimore
410-576-3808
gpage@aqua.org

Project Name:: Elizabeth River Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Coalition of organizations and projects to prevent future pollution, reduce existing pollution and create wildlife habitat along a highly-industrialized Chesapeake Bay tributary.
Website:: www.elizabethriver.org
Contact:: Majorie Mayfield Jackson
Executive Director
Elizabeth River Project
757-399-7487
mmayfield@elizabethriver.org

Project Name:: Lake George Land Conservancy Watershed Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: The partnership created an 1850-acre preserve to protect a major Lake George tributary and the Town of Bolton's drinking water source.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/lakegeorge/
Contact:: Lynn L. Schumann
Executive Director
Lake George Land Conservancy
518-644-9673
lschumann@tnc.org

Project Name:: Reilly Ridge Farm
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: With the help of the Town of Halfmoon, this 50 acre family farm, in use since 1909, preserves beautiful fields, views, wetlands, forests and land on either side of the county trail system.
Website:: www.saratogaplan.org
Contact:: Alane Chinian
Executive Director
Saratoga PLAN
518-587-5554
alane@saratogaplan.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Disney Wilderness Preserve Partnership
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: An innovative partnership to restore and protect natural wetland and upland communities affected by past drainage operations, lumbering and cattle ranching.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/florida/preserves
Contact:: Robert Mindick
Education and Community Outreach Program Manager
The Nature Conservancy
407-935-0002
rmindick@tnc.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Confluence: A Conservation, Heritage & Recreation Corridor
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:: Reconnecting people to region’s Great Rivers through a system of multi-use trails, recreation facilities, historic sites, visitor education centers, public art & interpretation.
Website:: www.confluencegreenway.org
Contact:: Laura Cohen
Project Director
Confluence Greenway
314-436-1324 ext 108
lauracohen@trailnet.org

Project Name:: Nebraska Tallgrass Prairie Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: The Tallgrass Prairie Partnership identifies tallgrass management needs and directs habitat improvements on private lands.
Website:: www.privatelandownernetwork.org/local-resources/Northern-Prairies-Land-Trust/1404
Contact:: Kent Pfeiffer

Northern Prairies Land Trust
402-228-0276
kent.pfeiffer@nebraska.gov

Project Name:: Conservation Security Program in the St. Joseph Watershed
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
Summary:: The Conservation Security Program in the St. Joseph watershed rewards agricultural landowners for superior conservation and stewardship practices.
Website:: www.mi.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cspstjoe.html
Contact:: Robin Ryan
District Administrator
Hillsdale County Conservation District
517-849-9890 x 191
robin.ryan@mi.nacdnet.net

Project Name:: Interdisciplinary Investigation of Coalbed Methane Development in the Powder River Basin
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:: Multi-scale, Interdisciplinary study supporting BLM and state of Wyoming in managing the environmental impacts on local landowners of the rapid pace of coal bed methane development.
Website:: rockyitr.cr.usgs.gov/cbmprb/
Contact:: Myron Brooks
Center Director
U. S. Geological Survey
307-778-293-x 2728
mhbrooks@usgs.gov

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Southwestern Fire Learning Network
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas
Summary:: Project goal is to accelerate restoration of fire-adapted ecosystems on private & public lands through applied science, coordination and collaboration.
Website:: tnc-ecomanagement.org/Fire/
Contact:: Anne Bradley
Fire Initiative Manager
The Nature Conservancy
(505) 988-3867
abradley@tnc.org

Project Name:: Leopard Darter Recovery Plan
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arkansas, Oklahoma
Summary:: The project will facilitate genetic exchange between fragmented populations of the federally threatened leopard darter by reconnecting about 50 river miles.
Contact:: Marcia C. M. de Almeida
Fish Passage Interim Coordinator R9
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
703-358-1941
Marcia_Almeida@fws.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Yainix Ranch Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: A working lands conservation easement and a conservation investment model supports sustainable approaches for ranch management and collaborative conservation solutions.
Website:: www.sustainablenorthwest.org/programs/range.php
Contact:: James Honey
Program Officer
Sustainable Northwest
(503) 221-6911
jhoney@sustainablenorthwest.org

Project Name:: Pacific Northwest Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
Location:: Far West: Oregon, Washington
Summary:: The Pacific Northwest CREP works with farmers to voluntarily establish and maintain long-term riparian buffers on agricultural lands to help protect critical salmon and trout habitat.
Website:: oregon.gov/ODA/NRD/water_crep.shtml
Contact:: Stephanie Page
Compliance & Planning Leader
Oregon Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Division
503-986-6486
spage@oda.state.or.us

Project Name:: Community-Based Monitoring
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The Chewaucan Biophysical Monitoring Project (CBMP) was born out of the combined efforts of environmental organizations, government agencies and, most of all, concerned community members.
Website:: www.lcri.org/monitoring/index.html
Contact:: Richard Hart
Project Coordinator
Lake County Resources Initiative
(541) 601-5226
rhart@mind.net

Project Name:: Poso Creek Flood Plain Wetland Habitat Project
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: On the Poso Creek Flood Plain Wetland Habitat Project, partners are working together to restore and enhance wetlands in the Tulare Basin, site of California's largest historic freshwater wetland.
Contact:: Chadd Santerre
Senior Waterfowl Habitat Biologist
California Waterfowl Association
530-868-5072
chadd_santerre@calwaterfowl.org

Project Name:: Afognak Island Timber Road Removal
Location:: Far West: Alaska
Summary:: Afognak Island's wild salmon, Kodiak bears and Roosevelt Elk habitat within an active timber harvest region is being rapidly restored through road removal, tree replanting and disturbance reduction.
Website:: www.wildlifeforever.org
Contact:: Douglas H. Grann
President & CEO
Wildlife Forever
763-253-0222
dgrann@wildlifeforever.org

Project Name:: Codornices Creek Salmonid Restoration
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: This project will form a consensus-based watershed council for the Codornices Watershed to coordinate restoration and monitoring activities regarding the stream's steelhead population.
Website:: www.urbancreeks.org
Contact:: Emma B.L. Gutzler
Restoration Coordinator
Urban Creeks Council
510.540.6669
ucc_staff@urbancreeks.org

Project Name:: Lakeview Stewardship Group
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The group seeks to develop new restoration-oriented management goals for the Lakeview Stewardship Unit in Fremont Winema National Forest in Lake County Oregon.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/lakeview.html
Contact:: Jim Walls
Executive Director
Lake County Resources Initiative
(541) 947-5461
jwalls@gooselake.com

National

Project Name:: National Tribal Native Plant Initiative (NTNPI)
Location:: National
Summary:: On-going collaboration to provide information and facilities to tribes for growing native plants, while acknowledging specific needs and sensitivities of individual tribes.
Contact:: Larry Payne
Director – Cooperative Forestry
USDA Forest Service
202-205-1602
lpayne@fs.fed.us

Current Conservation Programs